ZURn6332 Qualitative Research in Social Media

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2021
Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Tae-Sik Kim, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Tae-Sik Kim, Ph.D.
Katedra mediálních studií a žurnalistiky – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mediálních studií a žurnalistiky – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Pá 8:00–9:40 AVC
Předpoklady
! ZUR589b Social Media
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course examines the sociocultural impacts of social media, the most advanced form of human communicative technology. Grounded in the understanding of the relationship between technology and society, this course aims to pay more attention to the techno-social contexts of looks social media as well as the cultural consequences of the technologically mediated interactions among people. The course reviews various theories reflecting diverse social media practices while demonstrating compatible qualitative research methods. By reading a variety of research articles assigned in the course and practicing qualitative research methods, students learn to develop their own research projects focusing on social media and its sociocultural meanings.
Výstupy z učení
Students will be able to:
- understand the relationship between technological changes and cultural changes
- comprehensively review existing qualitative research on social media
- develop a qualitative research topic based on social media
- conduct a qualitative online fieldwork
- report theoretically meaningful and contextually specific findings
Osnova
  • 1. Course introduction
  • 2. Theory: Technology and culture
  • 3. Method: Doing Qualitative Internet Research
  • 4. Theory: Social media and Politics
  • 5. Method: Discourse Analysis on Social Media
  • 6. Theory: Social Media and Social Changes
  • 7. Reading Week
  • 8. Method: Social Media Ethnography
  • 9. Theory: Human Capital in the Age of Social Media
  • 10. Method: Interpretive Study on Social Media
  • 11. Theory Social media and Intercultural Communication
  • 12. Method: Context, Culture, and Communication
  • 13. Class Conference.
Literatura
  • Kubitschko, S., & Kaun, A. (Eds.). (2016). Innovative methods in media and communication research. Springer International Publishing.
  • Poore, M. (2014). Studying and researching with social media. Sage.
  • SUNSTEIN, Cass R. #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media. Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017, xi, 310. ISBN 9780691175515. info
  • The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Edited by Luke Sloan - Anabel Quan-Haase. Los Angeles: SAGE Reference, 2017, xxvii, 679. ISBN 9781473916326. info
  • BOYD, danah. It's complicated : the social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014, xi, 281. ISBN 9780300199000. info
Výukové metody
The format of the course is a combination of brief lectures and controlled discussions of various assigned readings. All students are expected to read all articles assigned and to develop appropriate discussion questions. Each student is a discussion leader for an assigned week. Students submit a research paper (topic of student’s choice in consultation with instructor; minimum 20 pages including references, figures, and tables).
Metody hodnocení
attendance, discussion leadership, midterm report, response papers, research paper
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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